Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/bətuŋ
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Austronesian *bətuŋ.
Noun edit
*bətuŋ
- bamboo of very large diameter, probably Dendrocalamus sp.
Descendants edit
- Philippine
- Barito
- West Barito
- Ngaju: betong
- West Barito
- North Bornean
- Malayo-Sumbawan
- Central Malayo-Polynesian
- Oceanic
- Admiralty Islands
- Lou: pot
- Admiralty Islands
References edit
- Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *betuŋ₁.